List of number-one albums (United States)

This is a partial list of number-one albums in the United States by year from the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart. Each chart is on a week-ending (w/e) format.

The chart was first known as Top Pop Albums from the mid-1950s until 1983 when it changed its name to the Billboard 200.

Billboard magazine began publishing album charts on March 24, 1945. The chart expanded to 200 positions on the week ending May 13, 1967 and adopted its current name on March 14, 1992. Since May 25, 1991, the Billboard 200's positions have been derived from Nielsen SoundScan sales data, currently contributed by approximately 14,000 music retailers.

1940s

1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s

1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s

1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s

1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

External links

• Current Billboard 200 chart (top 100 positions)